John Buchan
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adventurer Richard Hannay has just returned from South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his London life- until a murder is committed in his flat, just days after the victim had warned him of an assassination plot that could bring Britain to the brink of war. An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland, where he must use all his wits to stay one step ahead of the game- and warn...
Author
Series
Richard Hannay adventures volume 4
Pub. Date
1924,1959.
Language
English
Description
Revolutionary conspiracy of post-war fanatics.
3) Greenmantle
Author
Series
Richard Hannay adventures volume 2
Pub. Date
[1916?]
Language
English
Description
John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir; 1875–1940) was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life. At the time of his death he was Governor-General of Canada.
Greenmantle, the second of Buchan's five thrillers featuring the adventures of central character
...4) The 39 steps
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Richard Hannay, who, despite claiming to be an "ordinary fellow," is caught up in the dramatic and dangerous race against a plot to devastate the British war effort.
5) Augustus
Author
Pub. Date
[1937]
Language
English
Description
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A "genre-twisting film by director Sarah Polley, who investigates the elusive truths of her eclectic family of storytellers as she playfully interrogates a cast of characters who each relate their version of the family mythology. Polley reveals the essence of family as she uncovers the secrets buried deep within-- "--Container.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In this inspired, genre-twisting film, Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who's telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets behind a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, answers to the same questions.
10) The 39 steps
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
"Richard Hannay is on vacation in London when he meets a mysterious woman who tells him of a spy ring which she is trying to crack. She doesn't know the identity of the masterspy, but does know a few revealing details. Later she is murdered-- before Hannay can learn anything more. His own life now in danger, Hannay sets out to solve a mystery."--Container.
11) The 39 steps
Series
Criterion collection volume 56
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The 39 Steps is a heart-racing spy story by Alfred Hitchcock, following Richard Hannay, who stumbles into a conspiracy that thrusts him into a hectic chase across the Scotish moors. A chase in which he is both the pursuer and the pursued, as well as into an expected romance with the cool Pamela.
12) The 39 steps
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
DVD edition.
Language
English
Description
Follows the exploits of Richard Hannay, a dapper everyman who ends up on the run after he is mistaken for a murderer.
13) The 39 steps
Series
Criterion collection volume 56
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
The 39 Steps is a heart-racing spy story by Alfred Hitchcock, following Richard Hannay, who stumbles into a conspiracy that thrusts him into a hectic chase across the Scotish moors. A chase in which he is both the pursuer and the pursued, as well as into an expected romance with the cool Pamela.
14) The 39 steps
Series
Criterion collection volume 56
Language
English
Description
Richard Hannay is on vacation in London when he mets a mysterious woman who tells him of a spy ring she is trying to crack. She doesn't know the identity of the master spy, but she is privy to a few revealing details. Later, she is murdered before Hannay can learn anything more. Accussed of her murder and with his life now in danger, Hannay must elude police while he attempts to uncover the spies.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Jamaican Inn: An Irish orphan girl goes to live with an uncle who is discovered to be involved in a group of smuggling highwaymen ravaging the area.
Sabotage: An undercover Scotland yard detective infiltrates the home of a theatre operator who is suspected of sabotage.
The 39 steps: Character Richard Hanney stumbles into a conspiracy that involves him in a hectic chase across the Scottish moors.
Easy virtue: A woman goes through a divorce and attempts...
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